In the previous movie, you saw me use a polar grid as a clipping mask for a …photograph in Photoshop. And that got me to thinking, what else …could we do with polar grids? Create a polar grid in Illustrator, and …then modify it further in Photoshop using tools that we don't really have in Illustrator. …So I'm not going to go over the creation of this polar grid since that was done in …the last movie But, if we modify this and modify it such that we change the fill …color of these segments, and to do that, I'm first of all going to expand it so …there is no longer a live paint group and then come to my gradient panel and apply …a gradient to each of those segments. Now I'm going to copy that over into …Photoshop, create a new document which I'll make 2,000 pixels square, and paste …that grid in as a smart object. I will now add a solid fill layer beneath …that, Lets change the blend mode to mutiple that alone is quite interesting …and maybe we need go no further. In the example you saw I was messing …

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4/6/2016

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6/6/2013

This installment of Photoshop for Designers shows how to combine Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, taking advantage of the strongest features in each program. Learn how to work with symbols, custom brushes, Live Paint, creative filters, clipping masks, and more, while following along with veteran graphic designer and teacher Nigel French. Nigel explains the relationship between Photoshop and Illustrator and walks through hands-on projects such as a montage, a movie poster, and a print ad, while demonstrating how to work back and forth between the two applications.

Topics include:

Combining Photoshop with the Illustrator Image Trace command

Generating "painted" type with Illustrator brush strokes

Creating an abstract background

Adapting a Photoshop custom shape into a symbol

Experimenting with transformations

Creating frames, backgrounds, and type

Duplicating, scaling, and arranging elements

Modifying Illustrator symbols in Photoshop

Adding and styling type with Offset Path

Skill Level Intermediate

4h 1m

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302,411

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Q: This course was updated on 04/06/2016. What changed?

Q: We added 13 new tutorials in chapter 11-14 to cover some new techniques, such as animating Illustrator patterns, creating shape-based compositions, and creating retro-looking print designs.